So here are a few photos of our lifestyle in Buenos Aires…we are all having a blast from dare nights to Saturdays at the mesuem and ohhhh….the tiny little walmart experience.

Enjoy

Yeap that’s walmart alright…it was so small we walked the whole store in less than 60 seconds. …

Saturday visit to the science museum in Buenos Aires

Pictures before our date night

My funny husband…

With love from the Manns clan

Argentina Exploration Continues. ….

Some of the perks in travelling is being able to catch shows that you may not not get to see in your country of origin like mine Ghana…

Yesterday as we are doing our intense spanish lesson our spanish teacher who is amazing mentioned to us that she 6 tickets to see the show Kooza cirque du soleil. ..

So we decided hey why not do that since it’s a holiday in  BA anyways.

So in the evening we made our way to the location and it was a jaw dropping show for sure…watching my 6yr old look so amazed by what the people are doing on stage.

Here are a few pictures

Tickets to the show

And we made it

The grounds

In our seats…

The show is on

It was colorful and an amazing event

We loved the show

Family

Father and son moment

This character was funny

The Kooza  family

Great show and a memorable night…

Argentina Exploration Continues….

So every country has its perks and in the City of Buenos Aires the perks are in the form of the beautiful acient buildings that each tells a beautiful story from the past.

Also in each country we appreciate what that country offers and one of them is the free walking tour. Across the globe there is a company or I should a group of dedicated people who are willing to show you their country and after the tour yoy basically put a value on the tour and tip them.

Now Buenos Aries is pretty cold this time of the year so taking a free walking tour can be a little challenging especially when you just coming from Brazil in the hot times.  But we made it and it was worth the walk with just a few of us turning blue…lol!!!

Here are a few pictures of the city of Buenos Aires….

Standing in front of the union of Congress building…the picture did not show the magnificence of this building…

That is the building to marvel about…

Lovely

Beautiful one

The thinking Man…only 4 in the whole world and the only one in south America

The oldest cafe in aregntina

Now you know the city loves it’s structure when they have this as street lights..

Now sure about this one

In the city

Right in the city

I love this building

They have a replica of the ngwazu falls in the middle of the city….got to love the Argentines

Not at the falls yet…

Large structures

What does this remind you of…

The oldest building in argentina

Imagine this building around you each day

My little man

Winter mode

She is loving it all

A lovely tree…

We are all in it together…got one for myself and my 4 daughter….

My little global traveler

Such a lovely building

Well that’s all I could take since I was super cold….

Check out free walking tour world wide and experience each city in the eyes of the tour guides. You will love it.

Argentina Exploration Continues…

So if you have read my blog you will see that Brazil was tough for me especially since we had the language issues and also my experience with the post office team. Well that went all away when I made great friends that made all seem like it was worth the wait to make amazing friends.

Well in Argentina it’s very differnt since there is no wait and not much I can do…lol!!!

The dog shit on the side walks are outrageous stinky….my goodness…every step you take there is a potential of you stepping in a fresh dog shit…lol! And it smells awful. Their law of picking up after your dog poop is not enforced or practiced like Rio.

So if you do decide to visit Argentina just be mindful where you step because  if you step in any of this poops you will be cleaning for months just to get the smell off you. It’s so bad my 13yr old decided to write in her business letter for school, she wrote to the road and transportation department  here to talk about ways to enforce the law of picking up after your dog on the street.

Now that we are done talking about dog poop…let’s talk about people…the Argentines are really nice people and willing to help lost people like me and my family. So I say thanks for that….

Now let me tell you about the other people that am not sure if they are Argentines  (they actually are ) the taxi drivers…oh they are like silent killers…slowly draining every pesos out of you before you exit their taxi.
I took a taxi one time going from a mall that is about 10min from my house…..and with the meter on, the taxi took me around circles for at least 1hour…I saw the same buildings at least 3 times and a bill that would have cost me $4 ended up costing me $19 after he dropped me home. Oh I was furious and asked him why are we going circles and of course at this point he acted like he did not even understand any english…lol!!
It’s so bad that they will go that extreme just to make money that they don’t deserve.

So now I am all about Uber which is what I take anyways until I can’t get uber. But uber just started 3 months ago here so the taxis don’t like them and are messing up uber drivers car if you come to pick up someone around a place filled with taxi drivers. But am really all for uber.

Anyways I guess over all the dog poop is the only one I can’t seem to avoid….lol!!!!

But we do love Argentina and the Argentines

Argentina Exploration Continues…..

Buenos Aries is such a beautiful city filled with so many restaurants and the people here are super nice and helpful….but Lord the taxi drivers are crooks….lol!!! They will take you all around the city of Buenos Aires just to bring you back to a place that is just 5min drive from your location.
Thank God for uber. I and my kids feel a little less duped.

But the people here are so helpful and excited to know that we are from Ghana. Technically the Argentines are also Americans so being from America does not offer any perks but being from Ghana west africa seem to make them smile and ask how Ghana is. If it hot or cold.

So we have been here for exactly 7days. It’s cold but it’s so beautiful with all the leaves fallen.

We have yet to do the things that Argentina has to offer for tourist. So soon we will do that.

In each city we look up for the famous free walking tour and we join in to learn about the cultures in each country. So in Buenos Aires we plan to do that next week.

Here are a few pictures of the most visit city in south America buenos Aries.

Well am told when in Rome you  you do what the Romans do…grilling all the way

My sue chef…

Date with my son

At the Alto Palermo mall

Just some pictures

Fashion moment

My kidos are growing up

She is rocking a dress with leggings

Sibling love

This are what they wear here…

I loved those. ..

A dinner date with my oldest…

Lovely city with lovely people…

Argentina Exploration Continues…

So our first impression for Buenos Aries is that people are super nice and so welcoming. And some of them are funny actually.

Now we are staying in an area called Palermo Hollywood. And it’s really a lovely place to live but men do I get lost every time I walk out of my apartment….lol!!!

The buildings and streets all look the same. And the street names are not as visible for us to see just  like Ghana we can use kiosk and buildings to identify our way home.

Overall I really am enjoying Buenos Aries and I think the whole Manns clan is loving it too.

But hey if you plan on coming this way around May, June and July then be prepared to bring some jacked because it’s super cold down here.

Today the whole family went walking and here are a few pictures we took from a bridge.

Argentina Exploration Begins

So it’s May 7th 2016 and the Manns clan as arrived safely into Buenos Aries. Our first impression was…”ok it’s a bit cold but we can work with it”

All our tank tops from HOT Rio de Janeiro is tucked back in our suitcases and our jeans and socks and sneakers are out. Thanks to our friends in Rio who gave us winter coats we are well on our way to staying warm.

We have a beautiful apartment with awesome host as they take us around the night we arrive to show us all the cool places around our apartment.

And as we always get a warm welcome in most countries in Buenos Aires 1 min away from our apartment was this huge international food event and they had about 50,000 people at the event with famous chefs and just food sampling. It was really a nice treat for us the next day as we walked through the event.

Here are a few pictures

Our arrival at the airport in Buenos Aires

In flight Emirates

Waiting for our Van to scoop us up…kiss from the head of the Manns clan

At the international food event in Buenos Aires

She is keeping warm….our 13yr old.

And the Argentines are very friendly and so nice.

Argentina Exploration Continues